American V: A Hundred Highways, the posthumous Johnny Cash album coming out on Tuesday is being streamed here (via Unqualified Offerings).

Also, attentive readers may have noticed that occasional contributor (and I do mean occasional) Abby has been removed from the sidebar. As a newly minted federal employee she is supposed to refrain from appearing to endorse political candidates and whatnot. Not that VI has a very long record of saying positive things about politicians. It’s a matter of the integrity of the judicial system (such as it is).

And speaking of the record of this humble blog, today is its second anniversary! When I started this it was mainly to organize my own thoughts about various things. I didn’t expect to interact with such smart and cool people as my co-bloggers and commenters, so it’s been a real pleasure, folks.